Garment-steaming device.



. HLUBUCEK.

GARMENT STEAMING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1917.

Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

THEODOR HLUBUCEK, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

GABMENT-STEAMING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

Application filed March 26, 1917. Serial No. 157,462.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODOR HLUBUCEK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-SteamingDevices, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in garmentsteaming devices.

The primary object of the 1nvent1on is the provision of a steaming formfor garments such as coats and jackets, the same having a serviceablesteam heating means so arranged as to prevent the condensation of steamarranged within the form or passing through the goods.

A further object of the device is the provision of a garment steamer towhich fabrics and articles may be readily applied for the uniform actionof superheated dry steam thereon, the structure being easy andinexpensive to manufacture.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, the view represents a vertical central longitudinalsection of the device with parts broken away and portions illustrated inelevation.

The present invention may be embodied in difierent forms for theadvantageous steaming of desired garments with dry steam and is hereinillustrated as designed for steaming jackets and coats and broadlyformed of a hollow metallic body or caslng 10 of the general shape ofthe human trunk and having a hollow arm member 11 arranged at one oftheshoulder portions 12 thereof. The body 10 and arm 11 are made ofsuitable metal and are provided with a plurality of perforations 13 forallowing the steam which is fed into the body by means of an axiallyarranged perforated pipe 14 to pass outwardly of the body into andthrough a felt or cloth covering or envelop 15 for action upon thegoods, such as a coat which is mounted upon the body 10 with the armmember 11 arranged through the arm of the coat, it being understood thatthe said body may be provided with two arms instead of one if founddesirable.

The feed pipe 14 for the steam is mounted upright upon a standard orbase 16 and extending through the body 10 has its upper end closed by acap 17 upon which the top or neck portion 18 of the body is seated. Asteam inlet valve 19 'is provided for the pipe 14 beneath the body 10while a branch pipe 20 communicates therewith which may also beconnected to a source of steam supply if desired. A coil 21 surroundsthe pipe 14 within the body 10 being connected at its upper end by meansof a pipe 22 with the branch pipe 20 and arranged with a controllingvalve 23. The lower end of the coil 21 is connected by means of a pipe24 with adrain pipe 25 being controlled by means of a valve 26. It willbe understood that the hot steam passing outwardly through theperforations 27 in the pipe 14 becomes further heated and dried by meansof the coil 21 increasing its etliciency in the dry steaming process.

An upper and a lower tubular radiator 28 and 29 respectively, arepositioned within the casing 10 adj acent the inner face thereof andconforming in general outline to the shape of the casing, it being notedthat the lower radiator 29 is substantially funnelshaped, each radiatorhaving an annular steam-receiving chamber 30 therein. The radiator 28 isconnected to the branch pipe 20 by means of a pipe 31 tapped into thesaid radiator adjacent the top thereof and provided with a controllingvalve 32. An outlet pipe 33 is tapped into the lower portion of theradiator 28 and connects with the drain pipe 25 being controlled by avalve 34.

In a similar manner, a pipe 35 is tapped into the lower radiator 29adjacent the upper end thereof and is connected to the branch pipe 20being provided with a controlling valve 36 while an outlet pipe 37connects the lower end of the radiator 29 with the drain pipe 25 beingcontrolled by a Valve 38.

The complete operation of the device will be apparent from this detaileddescription thereof, it being understood that steam is admitted into thebody 10 through the pipe 27 from the line pipe 20 controlled by thevalve 19 while such steam is dried and maintained heated and thetemperature thereof increased by means of the superheating coil 21 andthe radiators 28 and 29, the latter heating the steam substantiallysimultaneously with its passage through the sides of the body 10 forengagement with the goods to be operated upon.

A serviceable garment steamer is arranged in which the steam may bereadily controlled and the garment or fabric positioned upon the devicequickly and thoroughly renovated.

What I claim as new is:-

1. Heating mechanism for a garment steamer comprising a perforated steamfeed pipe, a superheating coil surrounding the said pipe and steamradiators surrounding said pipe and coil arranged Within the steameradjacent the sides thereof.

2. A garment steamer comprising a steam ejecting pipe, a superheater forthe steam aranged adjacent the 'said pipe, and a steam radiatorsurrounding the said pipe and superheater.

3. A steamer comprising a perforated casing, a perforated steamdispensing pipe axially arranged within the casing, a superheating coilsurrounding the said perforated pipe, radiators surrounding the coil,and independent steam inlet and outlet connections for the coil andradiators.

4. A steamer comprising a perforated casing, a perforated steamdispensing pipe axially arranged Within the casing, superposed tubularradiators arranged within the casing adjacent the sides thereof, andsurrounding the dispensing pipe, the lower one of said radiators beingtapered substantially conforming to the shape of the adjacent sides of.the casing, and separate steam inlet and outlet pipes for the saidsteam radiators.

5. A steamer comprising a perforated casing, a perforatedsteam'dispensing pipe axially arranged Within the casing, asuperheatingcoil surrounding the said perforated pipe, steam inlet and outletconnections for the coil, superposed tubular radiators arranged Withinthe casing adjacent the sides thereof, and surrounding the dispensingpipe and coil, the lower one of said radiators being taperedsubstantially conforming to the shape of the adjacent sides of thecasing, and separatesteam inlet and outlet pipes for the said radiators.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

THEODOR HLUBUCEK.

